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Together on Top of the World: The Remarkable Story of the First Couple to Climb the Fabled Seven Summits
ISBN: 9780446570916 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On May 16, 2002, Phil and Susan Ershler reached the top of Mt. Everest and became the first couple in history to scale the fabled Seven Summits. What made their achievement all the more remarkable was that Susan was not a mountain climber, but a high-powered Fortune (r) 500 executive who had never hiked or climbed until she met Phil at the age of 36. Phil, a professional mountain guide who was the first American to summit Everest from its treacherous north face, had climbed his whole life with Crohn's disease, a chronic, debilitating illness. Adding to these challenges, just before their...
On May 16, 2002, Phil and Susan Ershler reached the top of Mt. Everest and became the first couple in history to scale the fabled Seven Summits. What ...
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140,77 zł |
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A Day to Die For: 1996: Everest's Worst Disaster - One Survivor's Personal Journey to Uncover the Truth
ISBN: 9781780576411 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On the night of May 10-11, 1996, eight climbers perished in what remains the worst disaster in Everest's history. Following the tragedy, numerous accounts were published, with Jon Krakauer's" Into Thin Air" becoming an international bestseller. But has the whole story been told? On the night of May 10-11, 1996, eight climbers perished in what remains the worst disaster in Everest's history. Following the tragedy, numerous ... |
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67,22 zł |
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Flame Of Adventure
ISBN: 9780099283867 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over millions of years, humans have had the ability to adapt and change to different circumstances. In the past it was an adventure to survive, these days humans can control their environment and surroundings. Are humans neglecting their ability to adapt and change? Simon Yates explores that and other questions in an autobiographical narrative following numerous mountaineering expeditions and looks at the role adventure plays in our lives and the effect it has on them.
Over millions of years, humans have had the ability to adapt and change to different circumstances. In the past it was an adventure to survive, these ...
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56,87 zł |
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The Beckoning Silence
ISBN: 9780099422433 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Joe Simpson has experienced a life filled with adventure but marred by death. In a narrative which takes the reader through extreme experiences from an avalanche in Bolivia, ice-climbing in the Alps and Colorado and paragliding in Spain before his final confrontation with the Eiger, Simpson reveals the inner truth of climbing.
Joe Simpson has experienced a life filled with adventure but marred by death. In a narrative which takes the reader through extreme experiences from a...
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77,56 zł |
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Learning To Breathe
ISBN: 9780099472667 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At age sixteen, Andy Cave followed in his father's and his grandfather's footsteps and became a miner -- one of the last recruits into a dying world.
Every day he would descend 3,500 feet into the Grimethorpe pit. But at weekends, Andy inhabited a very different world -- thousands of feet above the pitheads of the colliery. Introduced to his local mountaineering club while a miner, he soon learned to cherish this newfound freedom. Living through the coalminer's strikes of the mid-eighties -- the guilt, the broken friendships, the poverty -- Andy continued to indulge his passion, and in... At age sixteen, Andy Cave followed in his father's and his grandfather's footsteps and became a miner -- one of the last recruits into a dying world. ...
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56,87 zł |
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Touching The Void
ISBN: 9780099511748 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tackling the unclimbed west face of the remote Siula Grande in the Andes, Joe Simpson and his partner Simon Yates achieved the summit before disaster struck. A few days later, an exhausted Simon staggered into base camp to tell their non-climbing companion that Joe was dead. For three days he wrestled with guilt as they prepared to return home. Then a cry in the night took them out, where they found Joe, badly injured, crawling through the snowstorm. Far from causing Joe s death, Simon had saved his friend s life when he was forced into the appalling decision to cut the rope."
Tackling the unclimbed west face of the remote Siula Grande in the Andes, Joe Simpson and his partner Simon Yates achieved the summit before disaster ...
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56,87 zł |
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Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8000-Metre Peak
ISBN: 9780099541462 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the great works of mountaineering literature introduced by Joe Simpson.
In 1950, no mountain higher than 8,000 meters had ever been climbed. Maurice Herzog and other members of the French Alpine Club resolved to try. This is the enthralling story of the first conquest of Annapurna and the harrowing descent. With breathtaking courage and grit manifest on every page, Annapurna is one of the greatest adventure stories ever told. As well as an introduction by Joe Simpson, this new edition includes 16 pages of photographs, which provide a remarkable visual record of this legendary... One of the great works of mountaineering literature introduced by Joe Simpson.
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56,87 zł |
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No Way Down: Life and Death on K2
ISBN: 9780141044064 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Following the stories of climbers from around the world, 'No Way Down' weaves a tale of human courage, folly, survival and loss at the top of one of the highest and most dangerous mountains in the world.
Following the stories of climbers from around the world, 'No Way Down' weaves a tale of human courage, folly, survival and loss at the top of one of t...
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56,87 zł |
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Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes
ISBN: 9780300164206 / Angielski / Miękka / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa teammate Tenzing Norgay is a familiar saga, but less well known are the tales of many other adventurers who also came to test their skills and courage against the world's highest and most dangerous mountains. In this lively and generously illustrated book, historians Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver present the first comprehensive history of Himalayan mountaineering in fifty years. They offer detailed, original accounts of the most significant climbs since the 1890s, and they compellingly evoke the... The first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa teammate Tenzing Norgay is a familiar saga, but less well... |
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703,44 zł |
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Facing Up: A Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Mount Everest
ISBN: 9780330392266 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A remarkable journey to the summit of Mount Everest, described as 'honest and compelling' by Sir Ranulph Fiennes.
A remarkable journey to the summit of Mount Everest, described as 'honest and compelling' by Sir Ranulph Fiennes.
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67,22 zł |
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Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day
ISBN: 9780393345414 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When eleven climbers died on K2 in 2008, two Sherpas survived. Their astonishing tale became the stuff of mountaineering legend. This white-knuckle adventure follows the Sherpas from their remote villages in Nepal to the peak of the world's most dangerous mountain, recounting one of the most dramatic disasters in alpine history from a fascinating new perspective. Winner of the NCTE George Orwell Award and an official selection of the American Alpine Club Book Club. When eleven climbers died on K2 in 2008, two Sherpas survived. Their astonishing tale became the stuff of mountaineering legend. This white-knuckle... |
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77,27 zł |
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Summits of Modern Man: Mountaineering After the Enlightenment
ISBN: 9780674047990 / Angielski / Twarda / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The history of mountaineering has long served as a metaphor for civilization triumphant. Once upon a time, the Alps were an inaccessible habitat of specters and dragons, until heroic men pioneers of enlightenment scaled their summits, classified their strata and flora, and banished the phantoms forever. A fascinating interdisciplinary study of the first ascents of the major Alpine peaks and Mount Everest, "The Summits of Modern Man" surveys the far-ranging significance of our encounters with the world s most alluring and forbidding heights. Our obsession with who got to the top first... The history of mountaineering has long served as a metaphor for civilization triumphant. Once upon a time, the Alps were an inaccessible habitat of... |
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183,46 zł |
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The Wildest Dream: George Mallory: The Biography of an Everest Hero
ISBN: 9780747264583 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A revealing and complete biography of doomed hero George Mallory, which includes previously unpublished letters and family papers
A revealing and complete biography of doomed hero George Mallory, which includes previously unpublished letters and family papers
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67,22 zł |
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Life And Limb: A true story of tragedy and survival
ISBN: 9780749950521 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jamie Andrew's survival and rescue after five nights trapped by a ferocious storm meant that he had to come to terms the loss of all his limbs to frostbite. Since the accident, Jamie has e learnt to walk (and run) on his prosthetic legs, to ski, snowboard, paraglide - and even take up mountaineering again.
Jamie Andrew's survival and rescue after five nights trapped by a ferocious storm meant that he had to come to terms the loss of all his limbs to fros...
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56,87 zł |
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The Roaches: Staffordshire Gritstone, the Definitive Guide
ISBN: 9780903908184 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A 2009 edition of the rock climbing and bouldering guidebook on Staffordshire grit. It covers the Roaches; Hen Cloud; Ramshaw Rocks; Newstones to Black Forest; the Churnet; and outlying crags.
A 2009 edition of the rock climbing and bouldering guidebook on Staffordshire grit. It covers the Roaches; Hen Cloud; Ramshaw Rocks; Newstones to Blac...
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144,87 zł |
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Skye Scrambles: Scottish Mountaineering Club Scramblers' Guide
ISBN: 9780907521990 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Cuillin of Skye offer the best scrambling to be found anywhere in the British Isles. This guide describes a collection of scrambles and climbs which range in variety and difficulty.
The Cuillin of Skye offer the best scrambling to be found anywhere in the British Isles. This guide describes a collection of scrambles and climbs whi...
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150,91 zł |
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Full of Myself
ISBN: 9780957030800 / Angielski / Twarda / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Johnny Dawes is the enigmatic front man of an eclectic band of British climbers who in the mid 1980's redefined the standards of difficulty and danger in traditional climbing. This book gives his take on a highly influential period of climbing history and a look inside the mind of a tormented genius.
Johnny Dawes is the enigmatic front man of an eclectic band of British climbers who in the mid 1980's redefined the standards of difficulty and danger...
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150,91 zł |
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Fiva: An Adventure That Went Wrong
ISBN: 9780957054301 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the summer of 1969, as Apollo 11 was blasting off to the moon, two teenage twin brothers, with only three years' mountaineering experience, set off to climb one of the highest rock faces in Europe. This title offers a true account from Gordon Stainforth of a near-death experience on a mountain in Norway in 1969.
In the summer of 1969, as Apollo 11 was blasting off to the moon, two teenage twin brothers, with only three years' mountaineering experience, set off...
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51,49 zł |
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The Indoor Climbing Manual
ISBN: 9781408186626 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this comprehensive guide, experienced climber and coach John White shows how to climb indoors and introduces the reader to a range of exercises and techniques that will not only improve their indoor climbing but also help them to climb more safely and effectively outside. Climbing on artificial walls has been growing in popularity since the idea was first developed nearly 40 years ago and there are now indoor climbing walls and specialised indoor centres in most major UK cities as well as the means for keen climbers to construct their own walls in their gardens or garages at home. Climbing...
In this comprehensive guide, experienced climber and coach John White shows how to climb indoors and introduces the reader to a range of exercises and...
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110,46 zł |
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Ascent of Everest
ISBN: 9781444760897 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay stepped onto the summit of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953 they caught the imagination of the world in a way that was to be unmatched until man stood on the surface of the Moon.
When Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay stepped onto the summit of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953 they caught the imagination of the world in ...
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77,56 zł |
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